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Useful information & places to go 18 Castle Cary & Bruton Cycling and Walking in Somerset
Castle Cary, a vibrant market town with beautiful winding main street and thatched cottages built of local golden-coloured This cycling and walking map is one Castle Cary & Bruton stone is noted for its traditional shops – grocers, outfitters, of a series covering towns and villages ironmongers, books, antiques and local produce. Several inns, throughout Somerset Including Clanville, Hadspen, Wyke Champflower, restaurants and tearooms cater for those in need of refreshment. Shepton Montague, Lamyatt and Pitcombe With its reputation for producing textiles dating back to the 14th Map 18 century, the town is still home to John Boyd Textiles. Established 2nd Edition in 1837 by an entrepreneurial textile merchant, it is the only remaining horsehair weaving factory in the UK today. The museum, upstairs in the Victorian Market House which forms el nn the central focus of the town, tells much of the town’s history. Visit ha ol C Brist www.castlecary.org.uk. 10 Frome 6 20 Nestling in the Blackmore Vale just west of Castle Cary is the 1 15 17 picturesque town of Bruton, with its twin-towered church. Jacobean 2 14 Bridgwater almshouses, abbey remains and an attractive dovecote provide 5 18 glimpses into Bruton’s past. 19 Taunton 4 9 13
3 Yeovil 12 16 5 Mill on the Brue 8 PLACES TO VISIT National Cycle Network Outdoor Activity Centre On Road 7 11 1 Castle Cary & District National Cycle Network Trendle Farm, Bruton, Traffic-free Museum & Preservation National Cycle Network BA10 0BA Proposed Society 01749 812307 The Market House, Fore Street, www.millonthebrue.co.uk Castle Cary, BA7 7BG maps in the Somerset series 01963 350680 BIKE SHOPS 1 Minehead & Dunster 2 Watchet & Williton 3 Wellington 4 Taunton 5 Bridgwater 6 Burnham & Highbridge 2 Gants Mill & Garden 1 Bernie Hockey Cycles Gants Mill Lane, Torbay Road, Castle Cary, 7 Chard 8 Ilminster 9 Langport & Ham Bruton, BA10 0DB BA7 7DT 10 Cheddar & Axbridge 11 Crewkerne 12 Martock & S. Petherton 01749 812393 01963 350559 13 Somerton 14 Glastonbury & Street 15 Wells 16 Yeovil 17 Shepton Mallet 18 Castle Cary & Bruton 3 The Round House TOURIST INFORMATION 19 Wincanton 20 Frome Bailey Hill, Castle Cary
Castle Cary TIC 4 John Boyd Textiles Ltd The Market House, Castle Cary, Higher Flax Mills, BA7 7AH Castle Cary, BA7 7DY This cycling map was produced This map is reproduced from Ordnance Survey 01963 351763 by CycleCity Guides for Somerset material with the permission of Ordnance Survey 01963 350451 County Council. © 2009 on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Bruton TIC www.cyclecityguides.co.uk Stationery Office © Crown copyright. Unauthorised The Dove Cote Building, reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead Every effort has been made to to prosecution or civil proceedings. Somerset County 26 High Street, Bruton, BA10 0AA ensure the accuracy of these Council. Licence number: 100023366, 2009 01749 814985 maps. Somerset Council and CycleCity Guides cannot be held responsible for any [email protected] errors or omissions.